Editing USS Holland (SS-1) (section)

==Service==
''Holland VI'' eventually proved her validity and worthiness as a warship and was ultimately purchased by the U.S. government for the sum of $150,000 on 11 April 1900. She was considered to be the first truly successful craft of her type.{{by whom |date=September 2012}} The United States Government soon ordered more submarines from Holland's company, which were to be known as the {{sclass|Plunger|submarine|4}}. These became America's first fleet of underwater naval vessels.
[[File:USS Holland (SS-1) - Scientific American 1898.jpg|left|thumb|USS ''Holland'' (SS-1) from ''[[Scientific American]]'' 1898. The muzzle door of the bow [[dynamite gun]] is open.]]

''Holland VI'' was modified after her [[Ship naming and launching|christening]], and was renamed United States Submarine Torpedo Boat ''Holland'' (Submarine-1) when she was [[ship commissioning|commissioned]] by the US Navy on 12 October 1900, at [[Newport, Rhode Island]], with Lieutenant [[H. H. Caldwell|Harry H. Caldwell]] in command.<ref name=DANFS1/>

During her commissioned life in the USN, the ''Holland'' did not carry the hull designation SS-1. The designation system currently in use was placed into Naval Regulations on 17 July 1920.<ref>{{cite web|title=USN Ship Designations|url=http://www.navweaps.com/index_tech/index_ships_list.php|first1=Guy|last1=Derdahl|first2=Tony|last2=DiGiulian|accessdate=4 January 2022|website=NavWeaps}}</ref> Thus, the ''Holland'' would have never been assigned SS-1. She would have been designated Submarine-1 or simply S-1 under the system in place between 1895 and 1920. Most historians, including official Navy sources,<ref name=DANFS1 /> have retroactively applied both the prefix USS and the designation SS-1 to avoid confusion.

''Holland'' was the first commissioned submarine in the US Navy<ref name="Morris">Morris</ref> and is the first of the unbroken line of submarines in the Navy. She was the fourth submarine to be owned by the Navy, however. The first submarine was ''Propeller'' (also known as ''[[USS Alligator (1862)|Alligator]]''), the second was ''[[Intelligent Whale]]'' and the third was ''[[Plunger (1897)|Plunger]]'', an experimental submarine, built in 1895, which is not to be confused with [[USS Plunger (SS-2)|USS ''Plunger'' (SS-2)]].
[[File:Holland (SSl). Starboard bow, on ways, 1900 - NARA - 512954.tif|thumb|right|''Holland'' under construction, 1900]]

On 16 October 1900, in order to be kept serviceable throughout the winter, ''Holland'' left Newport under tow of the tug ''Leyden'' for [[Annapolis, Maryland]],<ref name="Morris" /> where she was used to train [[Midshipman|midshipmen]] of the [[United States Naval Academy]], as well as officers and enlisted men ordered there to receive training vital in preparing for the operation of other submarines being built for the Fleet.<ref name=DANFS1/>

''Holland'' proved valuable for experimental purposes in collecting data for submarines under construction or contemplation. Her {{convert|166|mi|abbr=on}} surface run, from [[Annapolis, Maryland|Annapolis]] to [[Norfolk, Virginia]] from 8–10 January 1901, provided useful data on her performance underway over an extended period.<ref name=DANFS1/>

''Holland'' (briefly in 1899, on trials)<ref name="Friedman, p. 25"/> and five {{sclass|Plunger|submarine|4}} Holland-type submarines were based in [[New Suffolk, New York]] on the North Fork of [[Long Island]] from 1899 to 1905, prompting the hamlet to claim to be the first submarine base in the United States.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cutchoguenewsuffolk.org/history.htm |publisher=cutchoguenewsuffolk.org |title=History of Cutchogue-New Suffolk |access-date=2007-11-04 |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060429124418/http://www.cutchoguenewsuffolk.org/history.htm |archive-date=29 April 2006 }}</ref>

Except for the period from 15 June to 1 October 1901, which was passed training cadets at the [[Naval Undersea Warfare Center|Naval Torpedo Station]], [[Newport, Rhode Island]], ''Holland'' remained at [[Annapolis, Maryland|Annapolis]] as a training submarine until 17 July 1905 when she was decommissioned.<ref name=DANFS1/>

''Holland'' finished her career in reserve at [[Norfolk, Virginia]]. Her name was struck from the [[Naval Vessel Register]] on 21 November 1910.<ref name="FriedmanSubs1-dates"/> This revolutionary submarine was sold as scrap to [[Joseph G. Hitner|Henry A. Hitner & Sons]] of [[Philadelphia]] on 18 June 1913 for $100. Her purchaser was required to put up $5,000 bond as assurance that the submarine would be broken up and not used as a ship.<ref name=DANFS1/>

About 1915, the hulk of the ''Holland'', stripped of her external fittings, was sold to Peter J. Gibbons.  As of October 1916, she was on display in Philadelphia.<ref>Ward County Independent, 26 October 1916.  pg. 1.</ref> In May 1917 she was moved to the Bronx, New York as a featured attraction at the [[Bronx International Exposition of Science, Arts and Industries]].<ref>New York Tribune. 25 May 1917.</ref>

''Holland'' was on display for several years in [[Paterson, New Jersey]] until in 1930 she was sold as scrap to the Brooklyn Navy yard,<ref>{{cite news |last1=Whelan |first1=Jeff |title=The 'silent service" began in Elizabeth |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/1117837306/?terms=holland&match=1 |access-date=28 January 2025 |publisher=The Star-Ledger |date=12 April 2000 |page=57 |language=English}}</ref> and in 1932 was scrapped.<ref name="FriedmanSubs1-dates" />